John Bolton Responds to Indictment, Vows to 'Expose' Trump's 'Abuse of Power': 'I Look Forward to the Fight'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

Oct 16th, 2025, 7:23 pm


Former National Security Adviser John Bolton fired back after he was indicted Thursday, vowing to fight the charges and “expose” President Donald Trump’s “abuse of power.”

Bolton served during Trump’s first term, leaving in September 2019 and evolving into a fierce critic of his former boss — winning him praise from Democrats and Never Trump Republicans but putting him in the president’s crosshairs, especially after Trump won re-election and with it, access to government power again.

In August, the FBI raided Bolton’s home, reportedly related to a national security investigation into classified documents and notes he sent himself on an AOL email account while he was working for the Trump administration. Thursday, a Maryland grand jury returned an indictment against Bolton, charging him with eight counts of transmission of national defense information and ten counts of retention of national defense information.

Bolton, both directly and through his legal representation, has repeatedly denied that he mishandled classified materials, and he issued a longer statement Thursday evening specifically responding to the indictment.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/crime/john-bolton-responds-to-indictment-vows-to-expose-trumps-abuse-of-power-i-look-forward-to-the-fight/

[sop]

1. John knows where all the bodies are buried.

Discovery should be fun.

[rurallib]

3. I sure hope he doesn't hold back

[Walleye]

7. I keep thinking he must have the tapes and receipts. But he's still a damn Republican.

[EYESORE 9001]

10. And a neocon to boot

They’re almost as reprehensible.

[rurallib]

21. true - but often one of a neocon's driving forces is revenge

here is hoping Bolton is driven by the revenge factor

[BBbats]

31. True!

But(I could be wrong!) as hawkish as he was him & Bush Jr.wouldn't divvy up the USA to sell off wholesale.
Don't get me wrong! It's not like they are good people!

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Going back decades.

https://web.archive.org/web/20131021171040/http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm

[groundloop]

19. Rumsfeld's name is on that letter as well.

[BumRushDaShow]

24. Someone no longer walking the earth

At least their group's co-founder Bill Kristol, has been vehemently anti-45.

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9:54 AM · Oct 17, 2025

[NCDem47]

14. Spoiling for a fight.

Bring it on. Trump, you wanted this!

[Bluetus]

27. Our democracy is at stake. We must fully embrace people like Bolton and MTG

We will usually disagree about policies, but this is much bigger. We can only have those policy disagreements in a functioning democracy. Our top priority must be to restore the democracy and force out the oligarchs, billionaires, fascists, Nazis.

We should be actively seeking partnerships with those RWers who genuinely are willing to stand up for our democracy. It started with Liz Cheney and Adam Kinsinger. Now we have MTG and Bolton. We can add prominent Republicans one at a time and soon we will reach the tipping point.

I hope everybody brings this attitude to the No Kings rallies.

That brings up an interesting point about Newsom and Joe Rogan. Newsom took a lot of heat for going on Rogan's program. IMHO, the problem was not in talking with Rogan. The problem was in using a tone of meeting him halfway. You can't meet the fascists halfway. There is no such thing as "half fascism". That's like being "a little pregnant" "Half fascism" is just regular fascism that isn't done yet.

The outcry against Newsom caused him to pull back at take a much more vigorous, strident tone and tactics. And guess what, just a few weeks later, Rogan is now coming to realize that we are in an authoritarian state. And he may yet become an ally -- on our terms.
https://www.mediamatters.org/immigration/joe-rogan-trumps-mass-deportations-i-really-thought-they-were-just-going-go-after

[Deminpenn]

38. A lot of bodies over many

R administrations

[Lovie777]

2. Can't wait................

And he knows about the Epstein files toooooooooooooooooooooo.

[GreenWave]

30. Popping up a fresh batch too!

[Scrivener7]

4. Damn. I'm wishing John Bolton success.

[progressoid]

43. IKR!

I hate that fucking guy.

I hope he wins.

[róisín_dubh]

47. It's sooooo weird to root for him

But here we are.

[Javaman]

5. the case will collapse before it gets to discovery.

that's the last thing the orange asshole wants.

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. I feel dirty wishing John Bolton well.

But for once in his life, he's doing the right thing. I hope that he spills bigly.

[Walleye]

8. See if we can overcome his rigid political Republican upbringing

[sop]

13. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." (ancient Sanskrit proverb)

[groundloop]

20. We've been hearing that quite frequently in the past several months.

I can't imagine why.

[cab67]

22. to borrow a quote attributed to FDR:

I know he's a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch.

(I realize I'm stretching things here; it's highly unlikely he sees himself as aligned with us. But we have a common enemy.)

[Raven123]

11. Getting out the popcorn for this one

I don’t trust Bolton any more than Trump. Just hope the truth prevails

[timms139]

12. Jump in bed

with the devil expect to wake up with blisters .

[BigMin28]

15. I can't stand

John Bolton, but if anyone can put up a fight against tsf it would be him. He is ornery, mean and cutt throat. He isn't afraid of Stinky. This would be entertaining if it were not so serious.

[radical noodle]

16. If he knew trump abused power

he should have already exposed him. He's no hero for telling about it now, when his own life is affected. Although I hope he has plenty of proof, it's a little late now for the rest of us... and magats will never believe it, anyway.

[azureblue]

17. John is pissed

at Trump's betrayal. Trump just started a $hiT$h0w. John is out for revenge.

[BumRushDaShow]

23. He was supposedly "out for revenge" when he wrote his book

yet he still clung to his unwavering GOP roots. He's gonna end up like Aaron Burr!

[Wonder Why]

18. As long as SCROTUS supports the criminal, this will never end.

[Stargleamer]

25. This jerk and Don McGahn had their chance. . .

to testify back then. They refused to.

[FakeNoose]

42. There's a name I haven't heard in a while ... Don McGahn

I wonder if he's going to be called to testify on this case against Bolton?
The two of them could blow the whole thing wide open, if they wanted to.

[MontanaMama]

26. Whatever.

What’s he waiting for? Get the show on the road.

[LisaM]

28. I wish his gang would admit that their mania to elect Bush in 2000

is pretty much responsible for this debacle, since it completely reshaped the Supreme Court and led to Citizens United and the shredding of the Voting Rights Act. We likely wouldn't have Roberts or Alito or Gorsuch or Kavanaugh or Barrett. We can start with Roberts and Alito, because they were directly appointed by Bush.

It's cold comfort knowing that Bolton and has ilk helped create this mess, but it would help if they'd at least accept some blame. That frenzy to get into an Iraq war really messed this country up.

[moonscape]

34. Not to mention the Middle East

[LisaM]

37. Of course. Probably not Bolton's concern at the moment,

but I take your point.

It would be nice if Bolton acknowledged how we got here, though. All that normalization of Bush had consequences.

[Jilly_in_VA]

29. Et tu, Bolton?

I don't care who sticks it to Shitler at this point. ANYBODY can do it, as far as I'm concerned. Bolton is better equipped than most, since he knows where lots of bodies are buried. Between him and Comey, Shitler ought to come out looking about like this guy


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[in2herbs]

32. If he has material to expose f45 why didn't he include it in his recent book? Or are we supposed to wait for him to

publish another book?

[SpankMe]

33. Trump and his politburo have become so vile,...

...that I find myself in sympathy with some of his prior staffers whom Trump had turned on.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

35. Amb. Bolton's statement

[Bluetus]

36. I'd love to see Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Mark Cuban and other rich Americans

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create a legal defense fund with the mission of defending our democracy, and support the legal costs of defendants in these pivotal, high profile cases, regardless of the defendants' prior political philosophies.

We will not often agree with Bolton politically, but that does not matter. Defending our democracy is really the only priority now.

And these influential billionaires should put pressure on other billionaires to chip in to this fund, considering they have all gotten rich from the political system we are fighting to preserve.

If there were a massive fund in defense of democracy, Trump would have to abandon his weaponization of the courts, at least to some degree.

[Callie1979]

41. I agree with this idea wholeheartedly !!!

[SKKY]

39. There is no way we are not living in a simulation...

...this shit got me pulling for John Bolton. How crazy is that??

[KS Toronado]

40. Bolton & James Comey should team up on a speaking tour.

Along with anyone else dumpie is siccing the DOJ on.

[Darkstar53142]

44. Insert:

< EatingPopcornMeme >

[Dem4life1970]

45. I am in the alternate universe...

...in recent days I have found myself smiling at Marjorie Taylor Green and rooting for John Bolton. What is happening?

[LudwigPastorius]

46. First they came for the shitheads

And I did not speak out because I was not a shithead